alembicated
alembicated is the simple past and past participle of alembicate.
Meaning of alembicate
Verb
alembicate (third-person singular simple present alembicates, present participle alembicating, simple past and past participle alembicated)
Adjective
alembicated (comparative more alembicated, superlative most alembicated)
- Over-refined; (of ideas, expressions etc.) excessively stylised.
- I wanted him to give her up and luminously informed him why; on which he never protested nor contradicted, never was even so alembicated as to declare just for the sake of the drama that he wouldn't. He simply and undramatically didn't....1896, Henry James, Glasses
- Blanford could hear his creation tearing open a bag of potato chips and starting to champ them as he reflected furiously upon these all too alembicated ideas.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 321
Forms of alembicated
| comparative | more alembicated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most alembicated |
Questions about alembicated
- What does alembicated mean?
- Alembicated means over-refined; (of ideas, expressions etc.) excessively stylised.
- What is alembicated the simple past and past participle of?
- Alembicated is the simple past and past participle of alembicate.
- What part of speech is alembicated?
- Alembicated is an adjective.
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